ESPN: Kavaliauskas v Abreu - De Alba v Vences

Very thin selection of fights this weekend but espn has scraped one together tonight. The carnival act on the show has to be the reappearance of Andy Ruiz Jr as he takes on..ready for this..Kevin Kingpin Johnson :-X. And at the weight in Johnson outweighed Ruiz Jr by five lbs ???. All jokes aside Ruiz should be doing big things and is not without skill.

Frank De Alba 22-3-2 v Andy Vences 20-0-1 has all the makings of a fun scrap at 130. Egidijus Kavaliauskas 19-0 gets elevated to main event and fights Juan C. Abreu 23-3-1 for a stepping stone trinket. Card starts at 8:30 locally. NBA game airing prior so great chance chow may be delayed a bit.

Looks like Ruiz jr took a workmanlike 10 over Johnson. Danny O'Connor missed weight and ended up in hospital. Bradley tells him to get a nutritionist. Andre Ward on mic and camera has all the passion of a Wal Mart greeter. Vences v De Alba at the bell should be good.

Good opening round for Vences off the jab. And the California crowd boos before 1st is even over :-X. Seeing that way to much.

Both very much in stand off and circling. Vences 1-2 on point and right hand closer and closer, looking for counter right uppercut end of 3rd.

Tactical punch and shift kind of affair. Mostly ring center. I don't think they have clinched a single time, Vences hurt him to the body early 5th

Legs of De Alba went 3 directions for a minute. Right of Vences moving him around and making him weary to what he puts out. Right eye little lumped on De Alba. Vences strongest round.

Vences looks totally focused on right hand to body ending this. De Alba still bit shaky and starting to get clipped from both sides. Tide definitely turning all Vences in 6th.

Vences putting them together. Has a bad habit of leaning over heavy to right, like to see him step around southpaw jab and show the left is alive. Different approach as De Alba hasn't been in this for last few rounds. Fugly head clash leaves De Alba blinking. Time for Vences to kick in the door.

Ohhh big right freezes De Alba in his tracks and stock still hurt early 9th. Vences right hand happy, De Alba walking wounded but still in there. Vences needs more gears. Strong 5 punch combo last minute of round! De Alba buzzed and punching through half shut eyes at rounds end.

De Alba rushes him early 10th and backs Vences all over the ring. Big brass from De Alba and looking to get Vences to the body. Make easy case he won the round but clearly not enough.

Cards 99-91 x2...98-92 Vences. And the crown boos some more. And some more being interviewed. Vences calls them out ;D and frankly rightfully so. This ain't wrestling ;D.

Kav and Abreu opening round and both take cuts from headbutt. Very busy ref, styles making for awkward physical fight very early.

Kav not having easy time getting inside with longer now confident Abreu in 3rd. Kav right eye ? cut now. In and out of this one but Abreu with the round.

Kav has landed clean on Abreu and seems to only amp Abreu up in 4th. Getting off with sharp shots and connecting is Abreu and does the double chest pound end of round. Cut on Kav ruled a punch! I think he's winning late 5th and edging ahead. Hard fight both taking knocks..and the fuckin Fresno crowd boos???.

Oh man his eye was a mess end of round. Abreu is an 'ugly' style fighter but he is stalling Kav out here and doing what he wants to do. Kav left on the outside a lot of the time and looking for one and done. Physically Abreu is making it

Kav breaks through mid 7th and stuns Abreu and Abreu returns the fire and walks him down. Kav looks motivated and much better start.

Call me nuts I had Abreu up 3-2 into 6th but sounds like announce and Rafael going the near Kav shut out route so far :-X. Kav has looked a step behind in gaps. Final round and scoring should be helter skelter

Scores in 99-97 x2...96-94 Kavaliauskas. Can see it but first two scores must have been sent prior to the bell. They mentioned Kavaliauskas being put in with Crawford earlier. Arum would be brought up on charges. Tough break for Abreu but he'll still get the calls

Nice work, we do not get ESPN here now.

Neither fight was that great. Vences looked alright but just didn’t have the power to do much. I doubt he becomes anything at 130.

Abreu really bothered Kav. Kav is in no way ready for Crawford. He would get beat badly. He may be ready for the winner of Pacquiao and Matthysse because both are way over the hill.

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Originally Posted by powerpuncher

Neither fight was that great. Vences looked alright but just didn’t have the power to do much. I doubt he becomes anything at 130.

Abreu really bothered Kav. Kav is in no way ready for Crawford. He would get beat badly. He may be ready for the winner of Pacquiao and Matthysse because both are way over the hill.

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Hopefully Arum will think better of it unless he's determined to stifle Crawfords exposure and pop even further. Just watching Abreu do a swap meet much lesser version of the crafty slip and shift type moves Crawford has honed you'd have to call it a clear mismatch at the moment.